While firefighters concentrated their attack on the garage area of an apartment building at 141 Union Ave. Tuesday , a large fireball erupted through the second story windows and spread through the rest of the structure. (Citizen Photo/Kevin Sperl)
	First on the scene firefighting crews, led by Laconia Chief Ken Erickson, set up to attack a first-alarm fire at an apartment building at 141 Union Ave. Tuesday. (Citizen Photo/Kevin Sperl)
	First on the scene firefighting crews, led by Laconia Chief Ken Erickson, set up to attack a first-alarm fire at an apartment building at 141 Union Ave. Tuesday. (Citizen Photo/Kevin Sperl)
	A car can be seen burning in the garage of the apartment building at 141 Union Ave. Tuesday. (Citizen Photo/Kevin Sperl)
	Firefighters attack the interior of the garage at 141 Union Ave. , the scene of a first alarm fire Tuesday. (Citizen Photo/Kevin Sperl)
	Firefighters attack the interior of the garage at 141 Union Ave. , the scene of a first alarm fire Tuesday. (Citizen Photo/Kevin Sperl)
	Laconia Fire Chief Ken Erickson directs the initial attack at a first alarm fire at 141 Union Ave. Tuesday. (Citizen Photo/Kevin Sperl)
	Firefighters attack flames on the roof and attic of an apartment building at 141 Union Ave., the scene of a first-alarm fire Tuesday. (Citizen Photo/Kevin Sperl)